M5S between totem and taboo: farcical see-saw on public funding of parties
Antics of the Five Stars on public funding for parties: first they open to its reintroduction but then they immediately reverse. The virus of populism is hard to defeat
Rai fee in chaos, from 2023 it can no longer be collected on the electricity bill but then how will it be done?
One of the taxes much hated by Italians since 2023 can no longer be integrated into bills - But with the fall of the Draghi government the question has remained more open than ever - Here are the alternatives for the collection of…
Draghi guarantees the reforms, but will the parties follow him?
Mario Draghi has spent his personal credibility to guarantee Europe that Italy will carry out the reforms linked to the Recovery Plan, but the irresponsibility of most of the parties, always engaged in backyard quarrels, casts doubts on Italy's ability to turn…
Two per thousand to the parties: 15 million collected, over half goes to the Democratic Party
In the race for the 2xmille assigned with the tax return to political parties by Italian taxpayers, the Democratic Party brought home almost 8 million euros - Lega and Fratelli d'Italia also did well, nothing for the M5S as…
Morlino (Luiss): "Elite, society and populism: this is how the short circuit is born"
INTERVIEW OF THE WEEKEND WITH LEONARDO MORLINO, Professor of Political Science at Luiss - "National political forces no longer have the power to manage major transformations and so sovereign ideologies arise that only fuel new illusions" -…
Political parties: more transparency
The Chamber resumes today the discussion on the internal discipline of the parties which aims to make them more transparent - The question of assets and the obligation to indicate the disbursements received
Gianfranco Borghini, Milan: managers welcome to politics
The candidacies of Sala, Parisi and Passera for mayor of Milan certify the birth of a new type of political framework, which does not come from the party apparatus or from the anti-politics of the Net - It is a push towards the reform of the parties,…
Europe: traditional politics is in crisis, but the Spanish model works
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy achieved two important goals in just one week: his centre-right party won the European elections and GDP recorded an auspicious +0,4% in the first quarter - So in Madrid…
Tax deductions of 26% for contributions to political parties up to 30 thousand euros
Definitive green light for the new rules on the financing of political parties, which provide for the possibility for citizens and businesses to pay contributions against which tax deductions will be due, as well as for natural persons to allocate the…
The abolition of public financing of parties is law
Definitive breakthrough in cutting the costs of politics - Today the final yes to the provision - The text provides for tax breaks and the faculty, starting from 2014, to allocate the share of 2 per thousand of income to the parties…
Change of government, eight decree laws at risk
The change of government undermines eight decree laws, which are expected to expire by the end of the month - Among these, the Milleproroghe, the legislative decree on party financing, the Prisons decree and the Salva Roma Bis - The various texts are…
The Government abolishes public funding of parties
The provision will come through a decree - Read on Twitter: “I promised in April the abolition of public funding for parties within the year. I confirmed it on Wednesday. Now in CDM we keep the promise”.
The torments of Pdl and Pd and the theater without politics
The major Italian parties are facing a new crisis, that of their own identity: on the one hand, the Pdl is trying to return to being Forza Italia, but risks splitting, in a battle that should end with the Council meeting…
Government, party financing: tax relief on donations and two per thousand from 2016
Quagliariello: "The mechanism of tax breaks and the 2 per thousand starts to be active from 2016" - "Loans will be reduced by 40% next year, by 2015% in 50 and by 60% the following year. The budgets some parties will have to…
Government: ok (gradual) cuts to parties, the text arrives in Parliament
The goal is to replace the funds with voluntary contributions by 2017 - The draft speaks of deductions of 52% for amounts between 50 and 5 thousand euros and 26% from 5 thousand to 10 thousand -…
Government, today in CDM cut to public funding of parties and extension of building bonus
The goal is to gradually replace public funding with voluntary contributions, providing tax breaks for smaller payments, of which it will be possible to deduct 50% - Taxpayers will be able to allocate 2 per thousand to political parties - Coming soon…
Istituto Cattaneo – Administrative: abstention wins and Lega, Pdl and M5S collapse. Pd is also bad
An elaboration by the Istituto Carlo Cattaneo of Bologna on the 16 capital municipalities in which there was a vote for the administrative elections shows the collapse, in terms of absolute votes, of all the main parties compared to the previous electoral rounds: Lega,…
Government: there is an agreement on cutting funding to parties
Letta's tweet: "In today's CDM, an agreement was reached on the abrogation of public funding for parties. Now the Accounting Office must prepare the tax rules of the DDL" - Decisions on tax bonuses relating to restructurings have also been postponed until next week...
Government, today in the Council of Ministers tax bonuses and cuts in party funding
This morning the Government is meeting to begin examining the provision which should lead to a cut in party funding by June - The extension of the tax bonus on energy efficiency interventions for buildings is also on the way - In…
Confindustria: protest is not enough. The Small Industry Conference
The Small Industry conference in Turin expressed anger at a broken Italy, where GDP has dropped by 8% in the last five years and where 1,4 million jobs have evaporated - But little or nothing…
Mass parties fall apart throughout Europe and parallel Pd-Pdl convergences emerge for Italy
Giulio Sapelli analyzes in Il Sussidiario the phenomenon of the disintegration of traditional parties that is affecting all of Europe but warns: it is not true populism and neither is Grillo's - We are instead faced with protests in forms…
SWG poll: Pd first party, Pdl falls, Grillo grows
The SWG Political Observatory photographs the situation of voting intentions in October: the Pd gains momentum from the primaries and rises to 25,5% - The PDL is bad, which, overwhelmed by scandals, goes from 19% to 15,5% - Second party Italian the…
Penati case, request for indictment by prosecutor Mapelli and Macchia
Prosecutors Mapelli and Macchia have requested the indictment of Filippo Penati, former president of the Province of Milan, in the investigation into corruption, extortion and illicit party financing when the accused was mayor of Sesto San Giovanni.
Napolitano: vote in April 2013, the tension in the parties that support the government is worrying
The President of the Republic let it be understood in a statement released by the Quirinale that the vote will take place in 2013, even if there are concerns about "the reasons for conflict and political controversy between the forces on whose support the current government rests".
You mount among non-existent strong powers, short-sighted lobbies and reluctant elites
Who are the strong powers that the prime minister says he is against? Perhaps the strong powers are non-existent, but unfortunately there are many short-sighted lobbies: from political ones to trade union and intellectual ones - Confindustria is not…
The net is Grillo's flywheel but the 5-star movement will not replace the League
The Internet, much more than the crisis of the parties, is the real basis for the affirmation of grillismo which will support but will not replace the League from which it also differs in the target: generational rather than territorial - But, after having collected the vote of…
Administrative elections: a vote more on the parties than on the Monti government
Once the administrations had great political importance, but today the parties are weak and unpopular - The greatest difficulties for the Center-Right grappling with the post-Berlusconi and the crisis of the League - But also the Third Pole and Pd…
Public funding: for eight words the parties lost their honour
As Schumpeter wrote, fiscal history is the mirror of the spirit of a people - The history of public financing of electoral expenses explains how the Italian parties have lost the trust of the voters - To regain honor, it is enough to eliminate…
Napolitano: no to anti-politics but the parties are renewed
Commemorating April 25, the head of state defines the role of the political forces as "irreplaceable", but they must renew themselves, confronting the government until the end of the Legislature, establishing new criteria and limits to their funding, giving back to citizens voters…
Napolitano: no to early voting, electoral reform first
On the occasion of the celebrations for April 25, the Head of State asks the parties "not to give a breath to blind distrust and some demagogue on duty", but to "confront themselves effectively with the Government until the natural conclusion of the…